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Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy (born Charles McCarthy; July 20, 1933) is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He has written ten novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and post-apocalyptic genres.

McCarthy's fifth novel, ''Blood Meridian'' (1985), was on ''Time'' magazine's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language books published since 1923.